In the Romanian capital Bucharest on Tuesday demonstrated against the government for the eighth consecutive day. The protests focus inter alia on a controversial decree of amnesty for some forms of corruption. Although the government Grindeanu the decree Sunday officially withdrew, the protesters keep coming.
Romanian Justice Minister Florin Iordache Monday announced a new anti-corruption law. That promise comes a day after the government in Bucharest withdrew an earlier version of the law after widespread demonstrations throughout the country.
An estimated half a million Romanians are Sunday in several cities took to the streets to demonstrate against the government. It was reportedly to the largest number of protesters in the history of the EU country. They demand the resignation of the government of Sorin Grindeanu.
The withdrawal of a controversial decree Sunday by the Romanian Government, no end yet created the mass protests in the Romanian capital Bucharest. Sunday, tens of thousands of Romanians went back to the streets. They now demanded the resignation of the government of Sorin Grindeanu.
The Romanian government has withdrawn the controversial amnesty for some forms of corruption. That is a result of mass protests against the proposed measure.
The Romanian Government will withdraw the controversial amnesty for corruption suspects. This happens under the pressure of persistent, massive protests by the population.
The pressure on the Romanian government to withdraw a controversial amnesty for corruption suspects, increases. Friday, thousands of Romanians went back to the streets to express their dissatisfaction. When the Constitutional Court now are three separate complaints about the decision of the government public officials not to prosecute more for relatively small issues.
Bucharest tens of thousands of Romanians Thursday night again taken to the streets to demonstrate against the government. The protest is aimed at restricting prosecution introduced by decree for abuse of office.
Romanian President Klaus Iohannis get to the Constitutional Court on a decree that issued the government. Ioannis contests the legality of the measure which creates the possibility some prisoners detained for corruption committed in public, to release.
The Romanian government wants to abuse of office will no longer be penalized if the damage is less than the equivalent of some 50,000. The measure aims to stop overcrowding in prisons.
In Romania, Sunday, thousands of people took to the streets to demonstrate against the government plan to relax the anti-corruption laws. Estimated were alone in the capital Bucharest between 6000 and 15,000 people to the streets. In other cities was demonstrated on a smaller scale.
Thirty thousand Romanians in Bucharest on Sunday took to the streets to protest against government plans to change prison laws. Cluj-Napoca six thousand people gathered. Also protested in other cities.
After a fire in a nightclub in the Romanian capital Bucharest are more than forty people ended up in hospital. Some had fractures, presumably because of a terrace had jumped to escape the flames and smoke, but most had smoke poisoning or had become hypothermic.
Romanian President Klaus Iohannis does not agree with the appointment of Sevil Shhaideh prime minister. The Social Democratic Party PSD had set its candidate for prime minister. Iohannis called PSD Tuesday on a new candidate to put forward.
A year after their prime minister had to resign reverse the Social Democrats in Romania back to power. According to exit polls, the leftist PSD won in Sunday's parliamentary elections around 45 percent of the vote, followed at a distance by the center-right PNL by about 21 percent.
Romania's Friday night hit by an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.3 on the Richter scale, which barely has caused damage, but was felt in Ukraine in the east, and Bulgaria to the south.
The devastating earthquake on Wednesday has asked central Italy except 275 Italians also claimed at least sixteen non-Italians living. Among the foreign victims are ten Romanians.
Romanian police have broken up a gang that had kidnapped dozens of people and the victims treated as slaves and forced to beg them. There 29 gang members were arrested. In a village northwest of the Romanian capital Bucharest police freed three adults and two children.
The Romanian prison strict law has one provision witty. For every scientific book that writes a prisoner, he gets a monthly penalty discount. So it can happen that prisons are more productive than universities. However, not all wrong.
The departure of the UK from the EU means,, alarming decline '' of 15 per cent of the EU budget after 2020. It has EU Commissioner Corina Creţu (Regional Policy) said Monday.
Two highly advanced US F-22 warplanes flew Monday to the Black Sea. This is the first time since Washington's military aid to eastern European NATO allies reinforced after complaints about Russian aggression.
Russia has the right to a military response to meet the shooting down of a Russian fighter earlier this week by NATO member Turkey. That said the chairman of the Russian Parliament Sergey Naryshkin Friday against the Romanian television station Digi24.
Romanian Prime Minister Dacian Ciolos on Tuesday for his new government won the confidence of the parliament. The 46-year-old Ciolos has formed a technocratic cabinet, where party politics a step back.
Ten days after the devastating fire in Colectiv club in Bucharest has increased the number of deaths to 47. A woman died Monday in a hospital in Israel, where she was transferred to a few days earlier. A man died of his injuries in Bucharest.
Nine days after the devastating fire in a nightclub in Bucharest increased the death toll to 44. The disaster prompted massive street protests, which resulted in the resignation of Prime Minister Victor Ponta. Many Romanians corruption and thus lead the government as responsible for the event.
Eight days after the devastating fire in a nightclub in Bucharest increased the death toll to 39. The disaster prompted massive street protests, which resulted in the resignation of Prime Minister Victor Ponta. Many Romanians corruption and thus lead the government as responsible for the event.
Two victims of the fire in a Romanian nightclub, which this morning were flown to the Netherlands, his deceased shortly after arrival. One died in the transport in an ambulance on the way to one of the burn centers. The other died after arriving at the hospital.
The death toll from an explosion in a Romanian nightclub has risen to 38. In the last few hours died in Romanian hospitals four young visitors Colectiv Club in the center of the capital Bucharest. In a Belgian hospital burns are another two wounded succumbed to lung damage and infections.
The leaders of nine central and eastern European countries and the Baltic states are "seriously concerned" about the " aggressiveness " of Russia and support a lasting NATO military presence in the region. This is what the countries Wednesday in a joint statement after a summit in Bucharest.
Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta has surprisingly announced his resignation Wednesday. That the president of ruling party PSD, Liviu Dragnea, said on Romanian television.
